Method and instruments for treating GERD
OwnerPeter Forsellinventor
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Abstract
A biocompatible implant for a method of treating a reflux disease in a patient by preventing the cardia sphincter from sliding through the patient's diaphragm hiatus opening into the patient's thorax, so as to maintain a pressure support from the patient's abdomen that supports the patient's cardia sphincter. The biocompatible implant has a rigid shape, a circumference of at least 15 mm and is configured to be introduced into the patient's abdomen through a trocar, be fully invaginatable in the patient's fundus wall, and function as an implantable movement restricting device preventing the cardia sphincter from sliding through the patient's diaphragm, when implanted.
Claims16
A method of treating a reflux disease in a patient by implanting a movement restriction device that, when implanted in a patient, restricts movement of a stomach notch in relation to a diaphragm muscle, thereby preventing a cardia from sliding up through a diaphragm hiatus opening, the method comprising the steps of:
- dissecting an area of a stomach,
- suturing or stapling the esophagus to the fundus part of the stomach using a plurality of sutures or staples,
- introducing the movement restriction device into an abdominal cavity,
- placing the movement restriction device against an outer surface of a serosa of a stomach fundus wall, contacting the stomach fundus wall,
- creating a pouch of stomach wall around the movement restriction device,
- at least partially closing the pouch using sutures or staples, and thereby preventing the cardia from sliding through the patient's diaphragm hiatus opening into the patient's thorax.
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